The video that sold me on buying a Canon 5D Mark II

A couple of years ago, just before I was due to go on holiday to the States (for an awesome road trip from Denver to Yellowstone and back) I started getting antsy for a camera upgrade. I had a Canon 40D (which I still keep as my second camera): a fantastic piece of kit, but being a gadget freak I  was keen to move up a level.

While umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether to shell out a couple of grand on a 5D, I came across two videos that sealed the deal in my mind. The first was a snowboarding video filmed on 'Powder Mountain'in Utah. The second, and the one that really knocked my socks off, was the video below by Michael Fletcher: Images of Western Australias's Kimberley. It's 14 minutes of pure beauty and every time I watch it I get a huge longing to visit Australia.

I'm delighted with the 5D by the way. Especially for landscape shots it's just an amazing camera. That's not to say I haven't got my eye on a 1D Mark IV now, though that would be more for sport and wildlife photography.